Show ALL ABOUT A GUN REARMAMEAT OF THE NEW YORK NATIONAL GUARD I I Expected That Some Sensational Sensation-al Developments Will Be Brought About at the Proposed Hearing NEW YORK Aug lOThe adoption of the Savage gun for the rearmament of the national guard at a cost of over 300000 is to be vigorously opposed byte by-te Winchester Arms company of New Haven Conn and other gun inventors and manufacturers who entered the test before the state commission were named to select a gun They claim I that there was collusion practiced in I the selection of the slecton gun There ha been made to Governor Morton a protest against his approval of the report filed by the commission I named to recommend a gun for the use of the national guard of the state The commission sent its report to the governor abount a month ago and it was in favor of the selection of the gun manufactured by the Savage Repeating Re-peating Arms company of Utica The protest comes from the Winchester Arms company and several other companies I com-panies and individuals who failed t the the secure approval as against I Savage gun j l The protestants claim that there seems to have been collusion between at least two members of the commission commis-sion named by the governor and the successful competitor in the test that commission was selected through political po-litical influence that the governor i I was made an innocent party to the i transaction and that whether or not the report is approved by the governor I gover-nor the matter will at the next session I of the legislature be made the subject j I of legislative inquiry The Winchester I I Arms company has requested a hearing I hear-ing before the governor and has re I toined General Benjamin F Tracy as counsel in the case to oppose the approval of the commissioners report by the governor The governor will allow the protestants protest-ants to be heard but will not consider the report until some time after he returns from his vacation He will grant the hearing after General Tracy returns from Europe about Sept 20 I is expected that some sensational developments will be brought out at the hearing What the claim of the protestants will be at the hearing is that direct connection can be traced between two members of the commission and the of the Savage Gun promoters company and that it was the promoters of the Savage Gun company who were instrumental in-strumental in getting the bU through the legislature using certain political influence t gain their end Those Interested In-terested in the gun began operations by taking a tip from Governor Mor tons message to the legislature In which he recommended that the national na-tional guard be rearmed The bill was drawn the promoters of the Savage Sav-age gun i is alleged being the ones who ure caused the drafting o the meas |